diff --git a/osu.Framework/Platform/SDL3/SDL3Window.cs b/osu.Framework/Platform/SDL3/SDL3Window.cs
index bb03b60937..33e509828f 100644
--- a/osu.Framework/Platform/SDL3/SDL3Window.cs
+++ b/osu.Framework/Platform/SDL3/SDL3Window.cs
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ protected void HandleEventFromWatch(SDL_Event evt)
                 case SDL_EventType.SDL_EVENT_WINDOW_RESIZED:
                     // polling via SDL_PollEvent blocks on resizes (https://stackoverflow.com/a/50858339)
                     if (!updatingWindowStateAndSize)
-                        fetchWindowSize();
+                        fetchWindowSize(storeToConfig: false);
 
                     break;
             }
diff --git a/osu.Framework/Platform/SDL3/SDL3Window_Windowing.cs b/osu.Framework/Platform/SDL3/SDL3Window_Windowing.cs
index c3622b6b06..42b79980dc 100644
--- a/osu.Framework/Platform/SDL3/SDL3Window_Windowing.cs
+++ b/osu.Framework/Platform/SDL3/SDL3Window_Windowing.cs
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ private unsafe Rectangle windowDisplayBounds
         /// Updates <see cref="Size"/> and <see cref="Scale"/> according to SDL state.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>Whether the window size has been changed after updating.</returns>
-        private unsafe void fetchWindowSize()
+        private unsafe void fetchWindowSize(bool storeToConfig = true)
         {
             int w, h;
             SDL_GetWindowSize(SDLWindowHandle, &w, &h);
@@ -459,7 +459,8 @@ private unsafe void fetchWindowSize()
             Scale = (float)drawableW / w;
             Size = new Size(w, h);
 
-            storeWindowSizeToConfig();
+            if (storeToConfig)
+                storeWindowSizeToConfig();
         }
 
         #region SDL Event Handling